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Recently, we and some members of our research group visited a burned area in Montellano (province of Sevilla, Southern Spain) to plan some field experiments. This area was affected by a wildfire during last August 2012.

The fire affected between 70 and 80 ha of a hardly accessible area, characterized by a pine dense forest, shallow soils and steep slopes. Originally an arson fire due to local struggles, fire quickly climbed the north face of the mountain, reached the top and moved down the southern slope in hours. The area is used by residents for recreative activities.

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The meeting of the Spanish Network “Effects of Forest Fires on Soil” was held from 24 to 27 October 2012 in Puerto de la Cruz (Canary Islands, Spain), FUEGORED2012.
During the meeting, a committee decided FUEGORED2012 National Prize for Young Researchers. The election was conducted among more than 30 works submitted to the contest.The award was given to Jorge García-Moreno, PhD student at the University of Seville, for his research “Do stones modify the spatial distribution of fire-induced soil water repellency? Preliminary data”.

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